I finally had enough of being mugged (and visitors being mugged) by our pack of Greyhounds every time the front door was opened. It was becoming more and more obnoxious as they fed off of each other's behaviour, so I decided to do something about it. The command "Perimeter" was born. Now it can be said from outside the door and you can hear them retreat to the carpeted area. They respect the word when guests arrive, retreat and wait for permission to greet. They hold "Perimeter" until the release of "okay" is given. Amazing.
Darby Crash is about the smartest in the bunch, and graciously demonstrates his understanding of the word "perimeter" when given the command in the entry hall of our house. This command has been just about the best thing they've all learned, second only to "Go Potty, NOW"
Guests in particular love to watch an entire pack of greyhounds retreat and hold their enthusiasm until they're released with the "okay" command. Sometimes we release them one at a time, which is an advanced skill the pack has learned. It's pretty awesome! Please note: normally I would not call Darby to come, and then immediately give him the perimeter command. It was done only for demonstration purposes to show how well he knows and respects the command. Also note that I'm not moving towards him when he backs up to the perimeter, he does this move on his own and keeps eye contact the entire time.
10 comments:
How did you do this! Please come to north Dakota and teach my pack. Help.
That is very impressive! A post on how you taught this would be appreciated:)
Oh my gosh that is amazing! How the heck did you teach them to do that?
This was Great! Follow up post on your training method please :)
We ALL want your secret of training this, Lisa. :) AWESOME!!!!
Donna
I love it! I'm with the rest, please tell us how you started to teach the command. Our girls aren't too bad about things at the door, thanks to the scary linoleum floor, but I'd love to work on this with them!
Darby is a great teacher!!. Well, you probably had a lot to do with it. Good job Lisa. Now let us less talented people in on the pattern of dog communication.
right now, Bryn and I aren't on the same planet!!crisa
Wow, I'm pretty amazed at the response to this post! I will follow up on this post with a breakdown of how it was taught. I told Helen it was mostly foot stomping and threats of bodily harm, but she didn't believe me and insisted I should break it down step by step how it was really accomplished. And so I will, stay tuned!
Very cool!
Thanks for all the comments. Lisa is helping rasie the puppies. As soon as things settle down I will have Lisa do a follow up on how she trained this command.
I need to learn it too since my dogs will mob people coming in the door!!!
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